: Stop Apache serving filetypes Preferably using .htaccess files, though .conf files are an option, is there any way to stop Apache serving certain filetypes? For example, .db shouldn't be served

@Ogunnowo487

I would have said that placing these sensitive files above the document root would be preferable. And perhaps easier to manage if they are all contained in a particular directory, however...

Using .htaccess to prevent access to all .db and .exe files and return a 403 - Forbidden.

<Files ~ ".(db|exe)$">
Deny from all
</Files>


Unless you have a specific requirement, I would have thought a 403 would be better than a 404 in this instance, and this would seem more natural for Apache. To return a 404 here would require additional code.

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